iPods are 'risk to national security'
When did listening to pop tunes on the way to work pose a risk to national security?
When the Ministry of Defence began banning iPod music players from sensitive areas because they can download masses of confidential data in seconds.
Many hi-tech firms have also become suspicious of the gadget since technology consultancy Gartner claimed they could be used to steal secrets.
The Ministry of Defence is now to ban iPods at sites where they could siphon off data.
The iPod has a potential for theft because it has a device that links it to a computer without going through passwords. RAF Wing Commander Peter D'Ardenne said: 'That's why we had to plug the gap.'
Michael Parsons, of online computer magazine ZDNet, warned it was 'incredibly easy' to download large quantities of data on to an iPod.
